Adoption Timeline: 16 months from beginning to end
November 25, 2004 - March 23, 20062004
November 25 - Decision to adopt- Thanksgiving Day
November 30- Orientation at Heartsent International Adoptions
December 10- LiveScan fingerprinting (California clearance)
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1st Fingerprinting (State)
December 12- 1st home study with our social worker
2005
January 12 - 2nd home study
January 21 - 3rd home study
February 1 - Home study completed/sent to BCIS
(Citizenship and Immigration Services)
February 18 - Signed China agreement with Heartsent International
February 25 - Sacramento County Fingerprints
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2nd Fingerprinting (County)
February 26 - FBI Fingerprinted (BCIS)
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3rd Fingerprinting (Federal)
March 15 - Submitted final paperwork for DTC (Documents To China)
April 14 - Documents were translated into Mandarin,
and Fed-Ex'd to China
May 6 - LID (The date that China officially "Logs In Documents")
May 28 - The "
Brown Envelope" arrived from the U.S. Consulate
of Guangzhou, China.
This envelope has all the documents that we will
need to take with us to China, including
our daughter's visa application.
October 27 - The "
Red Folder" arrived from our adoption agency.
This folder contains all the information about receiving the call,
and is packed with info for our itinerary while we're in China.
2006January 26 - Our referral, - The debut of Cadence Fae March 16 - Travel to ChinaMarch 20 - Gotcha Day !!!March 27 - US Consulate appointment
March 29 - Journey's end...We return home, and so begins the new jurney.